Leslie, Above and beyond what Anthony stated "etiquette", you will also find that Linux is about exhausting your resources for possible solutions to problems. Your first response should not be to email the group... I first like to check online documentation relating to my issue, as I find many of the answers there! http://www.linux.org and http://www.debian.org are great resources for this. You will benefit: in your own learning, but also in that you can resolve problems even faster than the already fast debian-user list. This approach will keep you on good terms with others also, and you won't be hearing 'RTFM' from aggravated people. Now to your questions...
> > Can you please tell me what to enter for the "command-line argument. > > Nothing. You have chosen the wrong option. You have an ATAPI/EIDE > CD-ROM, not an Aztech CD-ROM. As Anthony stated, you will not need this module since you have an ATAPI/EIDE cdrom. Since ATAPI/EIDE cdroms are so common you need not add any options for them to be dectected, as the kernel will find it on boot-up just fine. > > Can you please tell me what is "Host Adapter" and what I have to do to > > solve this problem? A friend of mine had the same problem because of his sound card, as some of them have scsi ports on them. His did not have any scsi capability, but it was probed upon boot-up, as scsi support is compiled in the debian kernel, with good reason. My suggestion is to take your sound card out, if this is the case, until you have installed linux completely. Later on you can recompile your kernel minus scsi support. > > Beside, can you please tell me what should I start with my Linux. Where > > should I start to learn? How to setup printer driver,modem driver, > > Internet connection and etc. Where can I get info for Linux command such > > as change drive, dir/w and etc? Should I install X-Windows? Why Unix and > > Linux is Hacker's prefferred O/S? Your help will be appreciate. Thank > > you I'm sure you are excited about getting linux up and running, but it will take time until your system is fully configured. I have been using Linux for a year and a half now and still have things to learn. (Like configuring network and parallel port printers) I suggest first setting up a base system and moving to X-windows. (installing from cd-rom) The I would then move on to configuring your modem, then printing, taking things just one step at a time. A web page that contains many how-to's for these individual tasks you want to accomplish is: http://www.linux.org/help/howto.html You will find everything from installtion, to ethernet, to programming languages, to spoken/written languages documentation. For general information I would visit: http://www.linux.org/help/index.html This might help you find your answer for linux being the acclaimed 'hacker's OS'.... I dunno though, as I use it for far more productful things. I hope this helps you on your way. Thanks, Dennis -- dpk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Systems/Network | work: 353.4844 Division of Enginnering Computing Services | page: 222.5875 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
